17 Feb 1911
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1911
Page
1
A traveler recounts eighty kilometers from Reykjavik encountering scarce fuel, few crops, and sparse farms. He notes itinerant teachers visiting homes, lively chess games, a Bible and Icelandic hymn book, and a home life in Icelandic farms that inspires envy among readers in more prosperous lands.
The article notes the banana as a herbaceous plant with tree status, reaching up to thirty feet and lacking woody fiber. It asserts bananas produce immense yields per acre, rumored immunity to pests and diseases, and discusses its place among garden curiosities and biblical lore.
The Bill of Rights in English history is described as the declaration by the lords and commons to Prince and Princess of Orange on February 13, 1689. It set forth the rights and liberties of the subject and settled the secession of the crown. It is regarded as the foundation of English freedom and the start of free government in England.
The Escorial near Madrid began by Philip II in 1568 and finished in 1588 at a price said to be 50 million dollars. Francisco de Santos cites a total room length surpassing 120 English miles. The structure forms a gridiron in honor of St Lawrence. lightning struck it in 1872, narrowly sparing a major fire.
Local chat from Dahlonega mentions a for sale buggy mare, rural routes, and Lumpkin county old soldiers on the tax digest. It notes vagrancy arrests, pension commissioner notices turning down applications for veterans and widows, and concerns over taxes and vehicle movement amid town life.
The piece argues Forsyth and Milton support an electric line from Rosville through Alpha ret ta to Creighton in Cherokee county, while opposing widespread automobile roads. It warns that taxation and nonresident mine owners hurt local industry, urging tax relief and support for local mining and power firms over auto ventures.
The blizzard of brief items notes Texas strawberries ripening, Clarke county tax rates at 3.50 per thousand, H H Linton's 31 years as tax collector, and various curious incidents from across the country. It urges education and laments cuts to police despite prohibition.
Reverend Julius Pickett denounces state whiskey laws as overreach while criticizing prohibition and racial tensions. He argues liberty, cites biblical references to wine, and warns that heavy revenue laws harm Georgia’s economy and education. He laments bootlegging and insists on religious liberty over governmental regulation.
Mrs. FE. Ripley recalls the picayune era in New Orleans, describing how a single penny or picayune bought simple pleasures. She recalls post office delivery, coffee and mead at local stands, and small treats priced at a picayune, contrasting past and present purchasing power.
Professor Silvanus P Thompson notes Lord Kelvin helped push steel wire over hemp for sounding experiments. A tale says Joule saw Sir William Kelvin with coils of pianoforte wire and asked what note. Kelvin replied the deep C.
A western family figure was raised to the upper house despite little party service and repeated election losses. Lord Beaconsfield explained the decision as a way to remove a persistent detractor by sending him to the Lords. The anecdote appears in Under Five Reigns.
The piece notes the 1862 Hampton Roads engagement as the first major test of ironclad warships like the Monitor and Merrimac. It states the battle doomed wooden ships and instantly revolutionized naval warfare, with no nation fielding unarmored ships since.
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